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==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===
[[File:TheSun.png|right|300px]][[The Sun]] is closest a [[star]] to at the centre of [[Earth]] that the [[Earth]] [[Orbit|orbitsThe Solar System]] around.{| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:TheSun.png|center|600px]]|}
===About The Sun===
: You should not look at [[The Sun]] or it will damage your [[eye]]s.
: All of the [[planet]]s go around [[The Sun]] in an [[orbit]].
: [[The Sun]] is much bigger than all of the [[planet]]s.
: [[The Sun]] gives off its own [[light]].
: [[The Sun]] is one of billions of [[Stars]] in our [[Galaxy]].
==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
[[The Sun]] is a [[star]] at the centre of [[The Solar System]].
===About The Sun===
: [[The Sun]] is a large glowing ball of [[gas]] that is [[heat]]ed by a [[Nuclear Reaction|nuclear reaction]] in its core.
: [[The Sun]] [[radiation|radiates]] [[light]] and [[Infra-red|infra-red light]] that supplies [[energy]] to the [[Earth]].
: [[The Sun]] is the source of [[energy]] for [[photosynthesis]].
: [[The Sun]] is a medium sized [[star]] compared to others in the [[galaxy]].
==Key Stage 4==
===Meaning===
[[The Sun]] is a [[Main Sequence Star|main sequence star]] at the centre of [[The Solar System]].
===About The Sun===
: [[The Sun]] is a large glowing ball of [[gas]] that is [[heat]]ed by a [[Nuclear Fusion|nuclear fusion]] [[Nuclear Reaction|reaction]] in its core.
: [[The Sun]] is balanced between the inward [[force]] of [[gravity]] which pulls it in to collapse and the outward [[force]] caused by the [[Nuclear Fusion|nuclear fusion]] of [[Hydrogen]] [[isotope]]s in the core.
: [[The Sun]] [[radiation|radiates]] [[light]] and [[Infra-red|infra-red light]] that [[Energy Transfer|transfers]] [[energy]] to the [[Earth]].
: [[The Sun]] is the source of [[energy]] for [[photosynthesis]].
: [[The Sun]] is a medium sized [[star]] compared to others in the [[galaxy]].
===Extra Information===
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gGF8mB4YG0}}
===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/019835939X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=019835939X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=57e96876985fc39b1a3d8a3e3dc238b6 ''Sun, page 106, 235, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178294558X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178294558X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f0dfb66dafcb0c6e9449e7b1a4ae1ac436 ''Sun, pages 100, 101, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851370/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851370&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=01c69b0ae058f809cf636033e6ba793e ''Sun, pages 248, 252, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158770/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158770&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ec31595e720e1529e49876c3866fff6e ''Sun, pages 275-8, 280-3, 290, GCSE Physics; Student Book, Collins, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851370/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851370&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=01c69b0ae058f809cf636033e6ba793e ''Sun; position in the solar system, pages 258-9, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA '']
====Edexcel====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120223/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120223&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=068ecf40278c32406a7f1c6e66751417 ''Sun, page 118, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel '']
====OCR====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359837/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359837&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=3c4229e8b023b2b60768e7ea2307cc6f ''Sun, pages 238-239, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR '']
==Beyond the Curriculum==
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